Child Care Act 1991

58B.—(1) The Minister shall, after consultation with the Minister for Education and Skills
and the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, make regulations
for the purpose of securing the health, safety and welfare and promoting the development
of children attending early years services.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), regulations may—

(a) prescribe any matter or thing referred to in this Part as prescribed or to be
prescribed,

(b) prescribe requirements as to the heating, lighting, ventilation, cleanliness,
repair and maintenance of premises in which early years services are carried on and
as to the equipment and facilities to be provided,

(c) provide for the enforcement and execution of the regulations by the Agency,

(d) prescribe the fees to be paid to the Agency by persons carrying on prescribed
early years services towards the cost of inspections under this Part,

(e) prescribe the minimum level of qualifications for any class or classes of persons
working in an early years service, and

(f) prescribe any additional particulars and details required in relation to the register.

(3) Regulations under this section may—

(a) make different provision for different classes of early years services,

(b) prescribe different requirements for different classes of early years services,

(c) provide for exemptions from any provision or provisions of the regulations for
a specified class or classes of early years services.
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Power pursuant to section exercised (18.02.2019) by
Child Care Act 1991 (Early Years Services) (Registration Of School Age Services) (Amendment)
Regulations 2019
(S.I. No. 58 of 2019), in effect as per reg. 1(2).

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Power pursuant to section exercised (18.02.2019) by
Child Care Act 1991 (Early Years Services) (Registration of School Age Services) Regulations
2018
(S.I. No. 575 of 2018), in effect as per reg. 1(2).